IBPS PO Reasoning – Preparation Tips & Strategy for Prelims 2017

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Now that the IBPS PO 2017 exam is tentatively announced, you must not wait before you begin your IBSP PO 2017 preparation! The exam has 3 sections – English, Quant and Reasoning. If you find English and Quant tough, you can easily score more in Reasoning section. This section has sets of questions you can clear in one go, once you understand the problems posed. Moreover, you don’t need to remember any grammar rules or formulae to ace the IBPS PO Reasoning section. All you need is to practice a couple of tricks and different types of questions.

You can also download these IBPS PO reasoning tips for Prelims as PDF. Also, check the exam pattern before reading the tips as it will tell you what you are going to face in exams.

IBPS PO Reasoning – Weightage for Topics

If you understand the weightage given to each topic, you can systematically categorise between topics you need to focus on for more score. Additionally, this will also allow you to judge which topics having more weightage are those you know well.

Topic

Weightage

Coded/
Mathematical
Inequalities

5

Syllogisms

5

Coding &
Decoding

5

Circular Seating
Arrangement

5

Linear Seating
Arrangement

5

Blood Relations

2 – 4

Directions
& Distances

2 – 3

Ordering
& Ranking

2 – 5

Arrangement
& Pattern

0 – 5

Double Lineup

0 – 5

Scheduling

0 – 5

Analogy

0 – 2

Classification

0 – 3

Data Sufficiency

0 – 3

Series

0 – 2

Make sure that you are thoroughly familiar with the syllabus. Because of it you can know what exactly to expect. Furthermore, you will also understand the difficulty level of each topic. Read the syllabus for IBPS PO here:

Ordering & Ranking – How to Prepare

In ordering and ranking arrangement questions, position/rank of a person from left-right/top-bottom of a row/class is to be determined or rank/position is given & total number of persons is to be calculated.